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“Knight’s Gambit” [by David Lehman]
The black knights were symmetrically placed Same rank, opposite file Which is where the phrase comes from Rank and file, I mean Now I know what you're thinking You're thinking I'm going to say…
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“Midnight Shift” [by Paul Violi]
Midnight Shift I listen to the crickets and hearthe machinery at the bottom of the night. They are all made in Hong Kongout of interchangeable parts. They all rise and fall on the same…
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Pig Latin [by Mitch Sisskind]
When you can speak pig latin You should speak pig latin. Go and find other speakers Of pig latin and speak pig latin With them. When? Now, today. Or maybe you can't speak Pig…
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Lionel Trilling on Matthew Arnold (and on Mark Twain in Vienna in 1897)
The Secret 1. Of Matthew Arnold’s habitof meditating on the sayingsof great thinkers, a different oneeach week, after writing themdown in his pocket diary,Lionel Trilling wrote,“It was as if he were obeyingas literally as…
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NEMO Paris: what’s up with digital art? [By Tracy Danison]
“Play with the Earth”. NeoConsortium's “ExoForm”, the first sidereal art project, will eventually cover the whole world in breathtaking pink glass. In the end, spokespeople enthuse, all humanity will get to see this weary old…
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“Self-reliance” by Sarah Rice [Introduced by Thomas Moody]
Sarah Rice is a Canberra based poet and visual artist who holds a PhD in Philosophy and has lectured in art-theory at the Australian National University's school of art. In 2011, she co-won the…
